- Item type
- Object
- Primary inscriptions
- "Transparent Solar System, displaying the planets with their orbits, as known at the present day. "
- Dimensions
- Height: 208mm Width: 140mm Depth: 12mm
- Inventory No
- 18669
Description
Opaque card with cut-outs backed by colours tissue; meant to be viewed against a bright light. Orbits of major planets out to Uranus shown as circular; asteroid orbits shown as eccentric. Halley's comet is also present. Often found as part of a larger set of astronomical plates.
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